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Quotations about the String QuartetMuch has been written about the string quartet and its instruments. Here are some quotations:- " There’s many a good tune played on an old fiddle. Samuel Butler (1835—1902) The Will of All Flesh, 1903 " Arrangers and composers through the agesMany composers have written music specifically for the String Quartet, which was considered by many of them to be the ‘most perfect ensemble’. Other musical works have been transcribed for the quartet, including orchestral, vocal, and even pop and jazz band pieces. A few examples are given below, as illustration. Francesco Cilea (1866-1950; age 84); Stéphane Roy (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Shigeru Kan-no (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Vladimír Franz (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Ronald Caltabiano (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Ernst Toch (1887-1964; age 76); Hall (Francis) Johnson (1887-1970; age 82); Walter Rummel (1887-1953; age 65); Matthijs Vermeulen (1888-1967; age 79); Hugo Kauder (1888-1972; age 84); Erkki Sven Tüür (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Ferruccio Benvenuto Busoni (1866-1924; age 58); Erik Satie (1866-1925; age 59); Enrique Granados y Campina (1867-1916; age 48); Amy Marcy Beach (1867-1944; age 77); Wilhelm Olof Peterson-Berger (1867-1942; age 75); Jean-Baptiste Lemire (1867-1945; age 77); Paolo Pessina (1969-still alive 2003; age ca. 34); Antony Pitts (1969-still alive 2003; age ca. 34); Eldad Tsabary (1969-still alive 2003; age ca. 34); Tim Tollefson (1969-still alive 2003; age ca. 34); Vsevolod Chmoulevitch (1970-still alive 2003; age ca. 33); Charles Koechlin (1867-1950; age 83); Steven Finch (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Mehmet Aktug (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Zlata Razdolina (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); David Hönigsberg (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Dev Dosaj (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Umberto Menotti Maria Giordano (1867-1948; age 81); Candelario Huízar (1888-1970; age 82); Louis Durey (1888-1979; age 91); Raúl Espoile (1888-ca. 1958; age ca. 70); Max Steiner (1888-1971; age 83); Jerzy Gablenz (1888-1937; age 49); Jules Mouquet (1867-1946; age ca. 79); Frantisek Drdla (1868-1944; age ca. 76); Sir Granville Bantock (1868-1946; age 78); Scott Joplin (1868-1917; age 48); Vittorio Monti (1868-1922; age 54); José Vianna da Motta (1868-1948; age 80); Mark Gustavson (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); David Monrad Johansen (1888-1974; age 85); CLICK HERE [About String Quartets] [Ensembles in London wedding music repertoire] [About London] [About music in London] [About Wedding Venues] [About Wedding Ceremonies registrars, ministers and music] [About other kinds of music such as jazz or folk] [Frequently Asked Questions FAQs] [Ensembles1] [Ensembles2] [Ensembles3] [Ensembles4] [Links] [Home Page] |